Nick: In a spirit of reciprocity, I suggest that we expunge from NRO all

such usages as “passé,” “de trop,” “naïveté,” “tête-à-tête,” “coup,”

“débâcle,” “dénoument,” and the like. We could even drop all French-derived

words and use only those with Germanic roots–”chop-house” for “restaurant,”

that kind of thing. But wait a minute, we’re not too keen on the Germans

right now, either, are we? This is getting complicated.